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Germany took in 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Germany took in almost 1.1 million asylum seekers this year, an all-time record and five times last year's total, a newspaper reported Wednesday citing unpublished official figures.

Monthly arrivals for all of December reached an estimated 125,000 with 117,000 registered by December 29, said the Saechsische Zeitung regional daily.

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